The Lost Songs
“That Lutie was innocent and stupid.
This Lutie was afraid of being among the other kids. The threads that knit her to her friends and classmates had unraveled. She was separate; she would always be separate. Her family secret was the worst secret there could ever be.
Doria was separate from most people most of the time. How did she get up and face the world every morning with that burden?
“You have to go to school,” said Aunt Tamika. “I’ll drive you. The minute you get there, this feeling will ...diminish. You’ll be busy, school will be full of demands and you’ll start forgetting.”
Forget that her mother had murdered her grandmother?
Lutie couldn’t find anything to wear. Usually getting dressed was a highlight of her day. She often went to sleep wrestling with the delightful decision of choosing tomorrow’s outfit.
Today Aunt Tamika picked out her clothes. Lutie didn’t even argue. Then Aunt Tamika drove her up the long curved drop-off lane at Court Hill High and Lutie just could not get that car door open.MoreLess
This Lutie was afraid of being among the other kids. The threads that knit her to her friends and classmates had unraveled. She was separate; she would always be separate. Her family secret was the worst secret there could ever be.
Doria was separate from most people most of the time. How did she get up and face the world every morning with that burden?
“You have to go to school,” said Aunt Tamika. “I’ll drive you. The minute you get there, this feeling will ...diminish. You’ll be busy, school will be full of demands and you’ll start forgetting.”
Forget that her mother had murdered her grandmother?
Lutie couldn’t find anything to wear. Usually getting dressed was a highlight of her day. She often went to sleep wrestling with the delightful decision of choosing tomorrow’s outfit.
Today Aunt Tamika picked out her clothes. Lutie didn’t even argue. Then Aunt Tamika drove her up the long curved drop-off lane at Court Hill High and Lutie just could not get that car door open.MoreLess
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